Bob Dylan, 
4/15/87, 
Ringo Starr

LB-2624, 
The Memphis Unreleased 1987 Album (Voxx / 0004-01); 
Lost And Found disc 1

01 I've Changed My Mind, 
02 I Can Help, 
03 You Better Move On, 
04 Hard Times, 
05 Wish I Knew (feat. Bob Dylan), 
06 Hard Times (rehearsals), 
07 Studio Talk, 
08 Ringo in Court

Excellent sound [A].


The 1987 Memphis Sessions

The idea for the planned 1987 album came during a visit to the Bahamas in December 1986, when Ringo bumped into producer/guitarist 'Chips' Moman., 
Ringo started work in the first week of February 1987 on the new album at the 3 Alarm Studios, in Memphis. 
With studio owner Chips Moman producing these sessions, they did not go well and originally lasted only a week. 
Recording resumed on the 25th April 1987 for five days, with Bob Dylan attending on the 29th April.
 
A total of 16 tracks were laid down, including "I Can Help", "Some Kind Of Wonderful", "Beat Patrol", "Ain't That A Shame", 
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" and "Whisky And Soda"., After these sessions Ringo had had enough of Moman, 
and ceased communication with him upon his return to England. 

Then when Moman attempted to release these recordings in 1989 Ringo sued him, citing that they were recorded under the influence of alcohol, 
that he hadn't in fact played drums at the sessions and that his vocals had needed the assistance of Toni Moman (the producer's wife)

Track 8 on this C.D. is probably the most essential part of this collection and is part of the actual tape recorded in court, 
including some of Ringo's actual testimony !, The Atlanta court granted Ringo an injunction in November 1989, 
blocking its release by Moman's own CRS Records., Following on in January 1990, 
Moman was required to surrender the master tapes in exchange for which Starr was to pay him $74,354 in recording expenses - 
less than half the total recording expenses, which allegedly totalled $162,000.

Olof: "Dylan records the song Wish I Know Now What I Knew Then, 
supposedly an original Dylan song with Ringo Starr and his band at the Three Alarm Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. 
The song remains unreleased but circulates."


Olof Bjorner

8593
 
Three Alarm Studio
Memphis, Tennessee
14 April 1987

Ringo Starr recording session.

1.Wish I Knew Now What I Knew Then
 
Bob Dylan (vocal & harmonica), Ringo Starr (vocal & drums), 

Other musicians unidentified.

Bootlegs

Go Cat Go! Ring'O'Records.
Lost And Found. Voxx 1D

Stereo studio recording, 3 minutes.

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